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METHUD 0F MAKING KNITTBD CAPS.

No. 379,420.l Patented Mar. 13, 1888.

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Nieren STATES ATENT iiriCE.u

ROBERT YV. SCOTT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JOSEPH D. MORLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

METHOD OF' MAKING KNITTED CAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,420, dated March 13, 1888.

Application tiled October 2S, 1887.

T @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, ROBERT W. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, .have invented certain Improvements in the Mode of Making Knitted Caps, of which thefollowing is a speciication.

The object of my invention is to make,

mainly or wholly by machinery, a knitted cap 1Q such as is now made by hand; and this object I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference bei ng had to the accompanying drawings, in which-w Figures l and 2 are views illustrating the method of making akuitted cap in accordance with my invention.

My invention relates to the manu facture of caps known as Tam OShanter 7 caps, which consist of an upper web of circular or oval 2U shape and alower web of similar shape united to the upper web at the outer edge, and hav- 1 ing a central opening for the head. Such caps have heretofore been made by hand in one l piece, and are consequently expensive. In carrying out my invention I take two webs, A B, one for the top and one for the bottom of the cap, these webs being of the desired shape, and the lower web, B, having a central opening for the head, this opening, 3o however, being considerably less in size than is required in the finished cap. rIhese webs may be of any desired character of machinel knitted labric, but are preferably composed of l ribbed fabric. The two webs being laid one over the other, the edges ot the webs are united by an overseam or crochet stitch, a, and when this has been completed a shell o r other crochet stitch, b, is formed around the edge, this shell -stiteli imparting an ornamental finish to the edge ofthe cap, and serving, with the preliminary plain crochetstitch, to ei'eetually cover and conceal the raw edges of the webs A B, constituting the upper and lower portions of the cap. The edge of the opening` in the lower web, B, of the cap is similarly finished by means of a preliminary plain crochet or overseam stitch and a subsequent ornamental shell or other crochet stitch, and the formation of this stitch on the Serial No. 253,632. (No model.)

edgeof the opening has the effect of curling 5c said edge, and thus increasing the size of the opening in the lower web; hence the necessity ot' rst making this opening considerably less in size than is desired in the tinished cap.

The plain and ornamental stitches may be produced ou a machine similar to that shown and described in Joseph D. Morleys application for patent filed August 1, 1887, Serial No. 245,780, although it should be understood that I do not limit myinvention to the formation oi` the stitches by this particular machine, as other machines may be used for the purpose, or the outer edges ofthe webs and the edge ot' the opening in the lower web may be nished by a combined overseamandshell stitch formed by hand, with a very material reduction in the cost ofthe cap as compared with one made altogether by hand.

In plain and cheap caps the secondary ornanieutal stitches may be dispensed with, or 7o these stitches may he applied only around the head-opening or around the united edges of the webs, instead of at both points, as shown in the drawings.

I therefore claim as my invention- 75 l. The mode herein described ot' making knitted caps, said mode consisting in first preparing upper and lower machine'knitted webs ol' proper shape. with central opening in the lower welmthen laying one web upon the other, 8o and then uniting or iinishing the edges of the webs by overseam or crochet stitching, allv substantially as specilied.

2. The mode described of making a knitted cap, said mode consisting in first preparing the, upper and lower machine-knitted webs ot' i the proper shape and then uniting or finishing the edges of these webs,tirstby means of plain overseam or crochet stitching and then by ornamental crochetstitching,all substantially as vgo specified.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBT. XV. SCOTT. Witnesses:

XVILLIAM D. CONNER,

HARM SMITH. 

